To Lie is Patriotic

I asked and someone built it. A websites collecting the many lies from McSame & the Hockey Mom. It is truly amazing. Staggering. How can these two get away with this?

I guess when we live in a country where your leaders blatently lie to the citizens about WMD and then engage the people in a war that took the lives of over 4,000 of our soldiers (4,180 to date actually), hundreds of thousands of Iraq civilian lives (maybe over a million) and billions of our tax dollars (not to mention torture, ignoring the constitution, etc.), politicians realize they can do anything.

Here are a few from Pinocchio Polititics (all of these statements have links to back them at the website):

McCain tried to reform Fannie Mae

ACTUALLY: McCain only supported *a report* on Fannie/Freddie corruption. Meanwhile, his staff lobbied for deregulation of both.

Obama will raise your taxes.

ACTUALLY: Obama's tax plan lowers taxes for 95% of middle class families.

McCain “never asked for a single earmark.”

ACTUALLY: McCain hauled in pork for Arizona -- most recently a $10 million academic center to honor the Justice Rehnquist.

Obama voted against funding the troops.

ACTUALLY: Obama voted to fund the troops 10 times. Both McCain & Obama have voted against funding when attached to larger bills they opposed.

Palin “vetoed millions of earmarks.”

ACTUALLY: Governors can’t veto earmarks; this year alone, Palin pushed for $197 million in earmarks.

Alaska Produces 20% of US Energy

ACTUALLY : Alaska produces just 3.5%. Neither fact means Palin is qualified.